Apparel-shirt.



UNITED 'STATES PATENT FFIC.v

SAMUEL A.` ISRAEL, OF YORILN.

APPAREL-SHIRT.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,214, dated September'y 18, 1900.

Application tiled J' une 6, 1900.

To @ZZ whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, SAMUEL A. ISRAEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvem ents in Shirts and Reversible Bosoms and Collars Therefor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention is an improvement in shirtbosoms which are provided with flanges for holding detachable or false bosoms in place.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claim.

A practical embodiment of theinvention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a face View of the improvement with parts broken out and with'a reversible and removable bosom in position on the shirt. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section of the same on the line 2 2 in Fig. l. Fig. 3 isa front elevation of the removable bosom, showing the reverse face to that shown in Fig. l.

The shirt A, which forms part of the improvement, consists of the usual bod;7 A', an integral bosom A2, and a neckband A2, the body A being, preferably, open at the back, as indicated in Fig. 1. Overlapping the sides and bottom of the bosom A2 is a retainingiange A4, sewed or otherwisefastened to the body A', said retaining-flange being adapted to receive the sides and bottom edges of a reversible and removable bosom B, adapted to be superimposed on the bosom A2, as indicated in Figs. l and 2.

Serial No. 19,240. lNo model.)

The bosom B is formed with an' integral partial neckband B', adapted to fitagainst the front portion of the neckband A3 on the shirt,"

and in said partial neckband B is the usual buttonhole adapted to be engagedjby a button held in the buttonhole in the front of the formed in the iange A4 at the lowerend thereof, so lthat said tab B2 extends and overlies the tab A6 of the shirt A. l

The bosom B is made reversible-that is, the two faces are finished so that either face may be Worn at the front of the shirt when the bosom B is superimposed upon the bosom A2 and is held thereon by the retaining-flange A4. Thus with a single shirt A and a single bosom B three different fronts may be presented-that is, the bosom A2 and the two faces of the bosom B. Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination with abosom shirt having a retainingflange provided with a slit or guideway at the lower end, of a supplemental removable bosom adapted to fit beneath said flange, and provided with a tab which passes through said guideway, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of c two subscribing witnesses. y

. SAMUEL A. ISRAEL.

Witnesses:

HERMAN J. LUIRE', HARRY M. GOLDBERG. 

